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Speeding fines to go up in Victoria
The ruling Liberal government's determination to maintain a budget surplus in the midst of falling revenue has seen it target motorists and motorcyclistsSpeeding fines have been increased by a hefty margin in the 2012 Victorian budget, delivered by treasurer Kim Wells on May 1.
The changes are as follows:
- Exceeding speed limit by less than 10km/h – up $15 to $178;
- Exceeding speed limit by 10-20km/h – up $37 to $281;
- Failure to obey a red light – up $46 to $351; and
- Driving an unregistered vehicle – up $92 to $703.
Budget papers predict that revenue from speed cameras will rise to $305.6 million in 2012-2012, up from $256.9 million the year before. Police on-the-spot fines and toll road evasion fines are also tipped to rise by 26.9 and 14.4 percent respectively, to $159.5 million and $125.5 million.
Meanwhile, the government also announced some major road funding in the budget, including:
- $42 million to duplicate 18km of the Western Highway between Buangor and Beaufort;
- $35.5 million for the Ballarat Western Link Road, a 4.2km road linking the Western Freeway and Ballarat Burrumbeet Road; and
- $16 million has been committed to the Koo-Wee-Rup bypass, a town that many motorcyclists regularly traverse on their way to the Phillip Island Grand Prix circuit.
For more information on the budget, visit www.budget.vic.gov.au/budget.html.
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